YEMEN VS KUWAIT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KUWAIT		YEMEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,808	1	30,158	- 6,350
Road Traffic Accidents	2	6,650	6	8,561	- 1,911
Stroke	3	6,137	2	13,570	- 7,432
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,482	4	11,978	- 8,497
Hypertension	5	2,623	8	5,293	- 2,670
Diabetes Mellitus	6	2,479	19	1,794	+ 684
Breast Cancer	7	2,355	26	1,134	+ 1,221
Kidney Disease	8	2,088	15	2,679	- 591
Congenital Anomalies	9	2,068	10	4,291	- 2,223
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	2,030	30	913	+ 1,117
Liver Disease	11	1,963	13	2,891	- 928
Lung Cancers	12	1,652	41	569	+ 1,083
Low Birth Weight	13	1,613	5	8,810	- 7,197
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	1,428	22	1,405	+ 23
Lymphomas	15	1,347	45	433	+ 915
Liver Cancer	16	1,323	39	609	+ 714
Leukemia	17	1,258	34	776	+ 482
Suicide	18	1,253	21	1,699	- 445
Falls	19	1,049	24	1,170	- 121
Pancreas Cancer	20	906	51	283	+ 623
Lung Disease	21	861	11	3,196	- 2,335
Other Injuries	22	847	16	2,225	- 1,378
Violence	23	763	14	2,839	- 2,076
Oral Cancer	24	757	42	547	+ 210
Stomach Cancer	25	735	31	902	- 168
Prostate Cancer	26	597	63	39	+ 558
Bladder Cancer	27	533	55	160	+ 373
Endocrine Disorders	28	446	36	738	- 292
Ovary Cancer	29	425	52	188	+ 237
Drug Use	30	392	38	613	- 221
Inflammatory/Heart	31	372	40	585	- 213
Oesophagus Cancer	32	360	35	765	- 404
Cervical Cancer	33	326	57	119	+ 207
Tuberculosis	34	316	18	1,899	- 1,583
Uterin Cancer	35	314	69	5	+ 309
Parkinson's Disease	36	294	49	362	- 68
Skin Cancers	37	292	58	100	+ 192
Fires	38	283	29	991	- 708
Epilepsy	39	223	43	539	- 316
Asthma	40	219	17	2,106	- 1,887
Drownings	41	199	25	1,142	- 943
Poisonings	42	166	44	532	- 365
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	141	33	833	- 692
Alcohol	44	119	59	78	+ 40
Meningitis	45	94	28	1,018	- 925
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	87	37	707	- 620
Birth Trauma	47	75	7	5,939	- 5,865
HIV/AIDS	48	70	46	396	- 326
Diarrhoeal diseases	49	63	9	4,372	- 4,308
Multiple Sclerosis	50	47	62	42	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	51	43	64	21	+ 23
Encephalitis	52	42	48	369	- 326
Skin Disease	53	38	61	44	- 6
Maternal Conditions	54	36	32	890	- 853
Appendicitis	55	15	54	162	- 146
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	10	66	14	- 4
War	57	9	3	12,915	- 12,906
Hepatitis B	58	8	50	299	- 292
Hepatitis C	59	5	68	8	- 3
Malnutrition	60	4	27	1,058	- 1,055
Measles	61	2	12	3,019	- 3,018
Upper Respiratory	62	1	70	5	- 4
Pertussis	63	0	23	1,239	- 1,239
Syphilis	64	0	53	175	- 175
Chlamydia	65	0	72	1	- 0
Tetanus	66	0	47	395	- 394
Dengue	67	0	60	71	- 71
Diphtheria	68	0	67	14	- 14
Otitis Media	69	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	65	17	- 17
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	71	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	77	0	56	124	- 124
Malaria	78	0	20	1,719	- 1,719
Chagas disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to YEMEN

Kuwait

Yemen

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.